Graphic Organizers for vocabulary and comprehension from the Florida Center for Reading Research - Although these graphic organizers are for grades 4-5, they can easily be modified to fit the 6th grade curriculum.

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

These websites go along with the story “Ill Always Be with You” in section 6

http://www.yellowribbon.org/ and http://www.yellowribbongeorgia.org/

Pronoun exercises at

http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and Power Point presentations at http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htmPage 4

Notes on the main idea of selected readings, pg. 15-18 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Notes on the supporting details of selected readings, pg. 6-8 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Notes on the difference in significant and minor details, pg. 12-13 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Notes on the text structure of selected readings using pg. 44-49 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Paraphrase chunks of text using pg. 24 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Summarize text using pg. 26-28 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Summarize research using pg. 59-60 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdf

Write an outline using pg. 20-22 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdfPage 5

Provide students with a copy of “Teen Touch ‘Chicken Soup’ Ladled Out to a Younger Audience,” a review of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Provide students with a copy of “Chicken Soup For a Cold,” press release summarizes a study that proved chicken soup is a viable, homeopathic remedy for the common cold http://www.unmc.edu/chickensoup/newsrelease.htm

Once students have thesis statements, they should complete outlines using one of the formats on pg. 20-22 of

http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45CPartTwo.pdfPage 15

Read students an example of an essay without any transitions, like the essay here:

http://custompapers.com/essays-articles/transitions/

After a few minutes with the essay, provide each student with a list of transitions like the one provided here:

http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/trans1.htmlPage 16

Before reading “My Childhood Home I See Again,” share the background from

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/poetry.htm

Read part I of Read “My Childhood Home I See Again” by Abraham Lincoln telling students to write down or highlight any contradictions they see in the poem http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/poetry.htm

Read aloud “My Grandmother is waiting for me to come home” from Dream in Color

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/downloads/BHM_MiddleSchool.pdf

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Read “Fifth Grade Autobiography” by Rita Dove, also from Dream in Color

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/downloads/BHM_MiddleSchool.pdf

Begin class by asking students to consider one or all of the “Think Before You Read” questions on the PDF containing “David Swan” http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/downloads/esl/discoveringfiction/DF_Intro_CH5.pdf